Chopin: The Romantic Piano – Mazurka, Nocturne and Polonaise
Monday | January 12 2026 | 7:30 pm
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT?
With host Rob Kapilow and featuring Orli Shaham, piano
Discover how one of the greatest Romantic composers invented the genres and vocabulary of the modern piano with host Rob Kapilow and Orli Shaham, the acclaimed pianist hailed as “brilliant” by The New York Times. Encouraged to write mainstream operas and symphonies, Chopin had the compositional courage to choose a different path. In a career focused extensively on the piano, he took short forms seriously, elevating folk dances and salon miniatures into emotionally complex works of high art. Get to the heart of what made Chopin great with an illuminating and insightful journey through two quintessential mazurkas, a nocturne and the famous Heroic polonaise.
